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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Balcome Sussex 'fracking' Protest Camp, Can you spot former Oakham Resident, Greg Hewitt, formally of Transition Rutland and VAR Melton Mowbray?

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Activists set up fracking protest campsite in Balcombe

17 August 2013 Last updated at 12:38 BST
Activists have descended on a test drilling site in West Sussex as part of a six-day protest camp.
Energy firm Cuadrilla is looking for oil near the village of Balcombe, but has not ruled out using fracking to extract shale gas.
Sussex Police believe up to 1,000 people could join the existing protest.
Andy Moore has been taking a look around the site.